Configuring Passwords
Configuring passwords on a switch is no different than on a router, which again makes sense because they both use the Cisco IOS. This section presents a condensed review of the creation of both versions of the privileged mode password (clear text and encrypted) and the line vty passwords.
Configuring Privileged (Enable) Passwords
To create the unencrypted version of the privileged mode password, execute the following command at global configuration mode. The example creates a password of cisco.
switch> switch>enable switch# switch# configure terminal switch(config)# switch(config)#enable password cisco
Configuring Enable Secret Passwords
To encrypt the enable password, you can create an enable secret password instead. ...
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